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Description

Our Vox Mark III Specifications

Items

Vox Mark III

Body Wood

Basswood

Neck Wood

Maple

Construction

Bolt-on

Fingerboard

Rosewood

Inlay

Dot Inlays

Scale Length

25"

Frets

22

Pickups

S/S

Controls

1 Volume,1 Tone, 5-Way Toggle Switch

Bridge

Fixed Bridge

Finish

White Finish

String

D'Addario

Hardware

Chrome Hardware

About the original Vox Mark III

Tom Jennings, the man behind Vox, wanted to build a guitar line that would compete with American made instruments. He turned to a British furniture builder for assistance and later set up an agreement with several Italian accordion and guitar manufacturers.

Jennings company, JMI, came two guitars with unique shapes; The Mk Series, commonly called The Teardrop and The Phantom. Both were based on Fender instruments.

Vox approached Jones with a white two pickup Mk model and asked him to promote it. Brian's guitar was built in the Dartmouth British factory and it's shape is slightly different than the guitars made in Italy by Eko Industries. Jones' instrument is elongated when compared with subsequent models.

It's two pickup layout and switch plate seem to slightly mirror Fender's Telecaster. The six-on-a-side headstock has a slight Fender appearance as well. The Vox name appears parallel to the bottom of the headstock. The six pole-piece pickups with white covers could be mistaken for Fender pickups if not for the rectangular shape and metal bases.The bridge and saddle were quite similar to a Fender hard tail Stratocaster tail-piece. Later models incorporated a Bigsby vibrato tail-piece and a more Gibson style bridge.The guitars back side came with a round protective, snap-on pad, similar to the ones found on some Gretsch guitars.

Brian Jones' guitar was sold at an auction a Southeby's for $3200 in 1984 by the Hard Rock Cafe. It was placed in the New York City Hard Rock for many years and it now reside safely in the Cafe's London Vault.

During the years Eko built the Vox Mk Series they produced not just the the Mark III, but the Mark VI (two pickups with a Bigsby), Mark IX (9 strings) and Mark XII (twelve strings).

Famous Vox Mark III Users

If you are a fan of 60's British Rock, and Brian Jones in particular, then you already know the influence that Vox had on the development of rock as we know it. This is really a unique instrument! And many famous guitarists prefer to use the guitar.

Brian Jones

Undoubtedly, the most famous user of Vox guitars was Brian Jones, the founding member of The Rolling Stones. Shown here with his British made Mark III.

Primarily know as a Tele user, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones used a variety of guitars in their early years. Here he appears ecstatic over the sounds he is getting from this originally designated Mark III 12 String.

Hilton used this MARK III 12 String on 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'. Vox gave him the guitar but it's whereabouts are unknown today. Hilton is still looking for it! Maybe Keith Richards snagged it (see pic).

Our Custom Made Vox Mark III

Good news for Vox Mark's fans and collectors! We supply custom service about the Vox Mark III. Compared with other guitar custom shops, our custom shop has the following advantages!

Similarity--- We can guarantee that the guitar we make for you is almost the same as you want.please click here for the details.

Lower Custom Price---With just several hundred dollars, you can own one Vox Mark III guitar,( But in other custom shops, the custom price for one custom-made guitar reaches thousands of dollars, or even you have money, you don’t know where to buy).

Shorter Building Time---Unlike other custom shops with at least 2 months building time, we can usually finish this Vox Mark III guitar around 25 working days.

Higher Quality----Since many years ago, our Custom Shop has been a "dream factory" producing all kinds of guitar replicas from top players of each time. We dare not say our replicas are as good as originals, but they are more attractive in price.

Real Zero-Risk--- After we finish your Vox Mark III guitar. We will take HD photos for you. If you are not satisfied, you can ask us to modify until the guitar is perfect to you, or you can ask a full refund.

Facing such a guitar custom shop with Lower Custom Price, Shorter Building Time and Higher Quality... If you are just looking for a custom shop to make you a dream guitar, why not give it a shot?----Zero-Risk!!!

More info about our custom madeVox Mark III!

Our custom made Vox Mark III is a high quality handcrafted guitar with amazing finishing work and attention to detail. Very detail exactly with the original guitar. Created by our talented and experienced craftsmen who are famous in the field of musical instruments.

The original Vox Mark III features teardrop type basswood body with white finish, 25" scale maple neck, rosewood/maple fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and dot inlays, two single coil pickups, 1 volume, 1 tone, 5-way selector switch. All these specs will be strictly followed when making the guitar for you.

It is worth mentioning that the hardware and pickups we select are Wilkinson(Wilkinson Hardware and Pickups instead of the original ones are included in the price $395.00). We have to admit that Wilkinson hardware and pickups are not as good as the original ones. But they are more attractive in quality and price, saving much money for our customers. Most of our customers reflected the Wilkinson are beyond their imagination- stable and reliable enough!

Of course! If you insist on the original pickups, and we also can find them on the market, and can afford it. We are pleasant to install the original pickups for your guitars. But the price will be much higher than guitars with Willinson pickups. Be prepared!!!

If you don’t like the guitar above and you want a guitar dreamed for so long,what to do? It’s so easy,please send the picture and the parameters of the guitar you want.We only need Pics and specs, and we can make the guitar same with your original guitar. You wonder learn Why? Pls click here to find the answer. Send your dream guitar pics and specs to us, let us make it come true together.

All the guitars we built are based on our customers’ requests. There are so many different options for you to choose if you don’t want a standard one, you can check our custom shop for the details. The best way to go about obtaining this information for you is to contact us and let us know what you’re looking for. We can discuss these options and figure out what is the best for you. Your business is important to us and we want to provide you with the best customer service we are capable of. We want this to be the best guitar-buying experience you’ve ever had.

Notice For All Buyers:

Thank you for your attention. Here are something you might want to know about this guitar.

1. This guitar is available in both right handed and left handed version. Even it is not showing in lefty version, we still able to customize this guitar in left handed for you. You just have to tell us when you place the order.

2. If you want to place the order, just send us email, we will help you to place your customize order.

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